Improvement in change-gates



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CHANGE-GATE. w No. 183,730. Patented March 27,1877.

witnesses filnnentur UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM A. DUTTON, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHANGE-GATES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 188,730, dated March27, 1877; application filed January 24, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. DUTToN, of Cleveland, in the county ofOuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Money-ChangeDrawer for Street-Railway Passenger-Oars, of which the following is aspecification In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a perspectiveview. Fig. 2 is a vertical section. Fig. 3 is a detached view of thebell attachment.

The object of myinvention is to furnish a device with which the driverand passenger are enabled to pass money or change through the door of acar, facilitating the handling of small change, such as silver andnickel coin, and lessening the liability of dropping or losing change onthe floor.

In the drawing, A represents a portion of a car-door, through which ismade an opening for the drawer to pass, and also to receive the bellattachment. B B are two plates of metal, which are secured to eitherside of the door A, and also have openings for the drawer to pass, andone of which supports the bell attachment. To each of the plates B .Bare secured frames 0 G by brackets D D, in which a drawer, E, is made toslide. A lid, F, is pivoted to the plate B, on the outside of the door,to cover the drawer when pushed through to that side. A gong, G, issecured to the inside of one of the plates B, which is struck by ahammer, H, operated by the movement of the drawer. The hammer isattached to a sleeve, I, set on a post fixed in the plate, and having aspring, J, to throw the hammer. The sleeve I has a short crank-arm,connected, by a connecting-rod, K, to a lever, L, made to turn on a postfixed in the plate B, and provided with a spring to throw it one way.The lever L is operated by a lug on the under side of the drawer E.

The method of using this device is as follows: The passenger places hismoney in the drawer, and pushes it through, which causes the bell tosound. The driver receives it and puts the change in the drawer, andpushes it back again, when the passenger can take it out and place theamount of fare in the farebox. This is especially adapted to makingchange in small coin.

Having described my invention, I claim- The combination and arrangementof the plates B B, frames 0 O, draQer E, lid F, gong G, hammer H, sleeve1, spring J, rod K, and lever L, constructed to operate substantially inthe manner and for the purpose set forth.

W. A. DUTTON. Witnesses:

GEO. W. TIBBITTS, SAML. OSTEBHOLD.

